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New Heat Wave in Greece This Week
With mercury expected to flirt with extremely high temperatures, there is no respite expected from the sizzling Greek heat until the end of the week. According to Greek meteorologists, temperature will...
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4.0-Magnitude Earthquake in Northern Greece
A 4.0-magnitude earthquake has been registered in northern Greece, close to the border with Bulgaria, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center announced. The tremor was registered at 1:03 am UTC...
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Larissa Goes ‘Green’ With First Wooden Solar-Powered Charging Bench
Dimitris Chaidas, an industrial designer and lab assistant at the Technological Educational Institute of Thessaly in Karditsa, Greece, has designed the first wooden solar-powered charging bench....
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Greek Court Rules in Favor of Eldorado Gold
The Council of State, Greece’s supreme court on administrative and environmental interest matters, has issued two court decisions in favor of Hellas Gold SA, Eldorado’s subsidiary in Greece, announced...
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Greek Environment Minister Announces Stoppage of Skouries Goldmine Development
Greek Productive Reconstruction, Environment and Energy Minister Panos Skourletis announced on Wednesday that there will be a temporary stop on the ongoing gold mining project in Skouries, northern...
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Greek PM Tsipras: ‘Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way’
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras congratulated Productive Reconstruction, Environment and Energy Minister Panos Skourletis on Wednesday on his efforts to protect the environment following the...
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Eldorado Gold Suspends Mining and Development Activities in Northern Greece
Eldorado Gold confirmed that Hellas Gold, a Greek subsidiary of the company, will undertake actions to suspend all its mining and development activities in Chalkidiki, northern Greece, commencing the...
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Anti-Mining Protesters Clash with Police in Greece, Miners Block Streets
About 1,000 anti-mining protesters on Sunday clashed with police at Kakkavos in northern Greece with the authorities arresting 78 people, while mine workers are blocking the streets on Monday. The...
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Chalkidiki Miners Meet with Local Authorities to Discuss Suspension of Mine...
Miners in Chalkidiki, northern Greece, met with authorities from the municipality of Arnaia on Wednesday to discuss the Greek government’s decision to suspend Hellas Gold’s development of a gold mine...
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Greek Council of State Cancels Govt Recall of Hellas Gold Mining Study Permit
The controversy over mining projects in northern Greece continues as the Greek Council of State cancelled the Productive Reconstruction, Environment and Energy Ministry’s decision to recall the permits...
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Greece’s Supreme Court to Decide on Northern Greece Mine Dispute in October
The Greek Council of the State will decide whether or not it will strike down former Greek Environment Minister Panos Skourletis‘s decision to halt the development of mines in Chalkidki, Northern...
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Bear Population in Greece Has Increased, Study Finds
A study conducted by ARKTOUROS, a Greek wildlife conservation organization, between 2007 and 2010 found that the number of bears in Greece has increased. “At this moment, there are 360 registered...
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Two People Die Due to Severe Rainstorms in Greece
Hazardous rainstorms on Monday throughout Greece, and particularly the area of Peloponnese, have caused two fatalities. A 73-year-old female was reportedly struck by lightning on the island of...
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Greek Energy Minister Asserts Greek Public Power Corporation Will Not Be...
Greek Productive Reconstruction, Energy and Environment Minister Panos Skourletis addressed the future of Greece’s state-owned utility company Public Power Corporation (DEI) and the future of energy in...
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Conservation Group ‘Callisto’ Rescue Bear from Illegal Snare Trap
A five-year-old female bear, possibly pregnant, has been rescued after becoming trapped in an illegal wire snare and almost suffocating to death, the environmental bear conservation group ‘Callisto’...
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Report: Number of Stray Dogs in Greece Increases Amid Crisis
The repercussions of the Greek crisis on the country’s residents have been well documented since its outbreak in 2009. A new report by the BBC focuses on another effect of Greece’s adverse economic...
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Kalymnos to Jazz up Annual Rock Climbing Festival on Oct. 10-11
Traditionally known as the sponge-divers’ island and famous for its beautiful seabed, the island of Kalymnos, Greece , has in recent years also established itself as a ‘Mecca’ for rock climbing and one...
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Bird Mating Pairs Triple at Axios Delta National Park, Greece
The number of mating pairs of birds that chose the Axios Delta National Park to build their nests has tripled in the last year, according to figures presented by scientists on Monday. Speaking at a...
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Greek Energy Minister Asks for Further Compensation Over TAP and IBG Pipelines
Accelerating procedures for implementation of the TAP and IGB natural gas pipeline projects was the topic of discussions during a meeting on Wednesday between Environment and Energy Minister Panos...
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Greece Fined 10 Mln Euros for Violating EU Sewage Directive
The European Court of Justice has fined the Greek state for not implementing a European Union directive on urban waste water treatment that was intended to be in full effect by the end of 2000. The...
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